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Microsoft CVE-2018-8151: Microsoft Exchange Memory Corruption Vulnerability

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Microsoft CVE-2018-8151: Microsoft Exchange Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
05/08/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/08/2018
Modified
08/21/2019

Description

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft Exchange improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the remote system. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would send a specially-crafted email to an affected Exchange Server. The security update addresses the vulnerability by modifying how Microsoft Exchange handles objects in memory.

Solution(s)

  • msft-kb4091243-3d6576be-2745-4b6d-b92b-486708c4125a
  • msft-kb4092041-a6c2e348-e8ab-4935-adf5-17027a98891c
  • msft-kb4092041-bf884a5b-c25b-47ed-a132-a6df393181f6
  • msft-kb4092041-c1fd6052-a54c-4c2a-a454-3e2c9d2cf738

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